A case study of a proposed monitor for industrial process fouling

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 308-314

  Becker, B R ^a   Fricke, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PIPING SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EMERGENCY SHUTDOWNS; EMPIRICAL MODEL;

FOULING;

EID: 0030213050     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2842193     Document Type: Article

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